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learned helplessness
Psychology; Social psychology
The sense of hopelessness and resignation learned when a human or animal perceives no control over repeated bad events.
Collected Terms
social facilitation
Psychology; Social psychology
Original meaning: the tendency of people to perform simple or well learned tasks better when others are present. Current meaning: the strengthening of dominant (prevalent, likely) ...
deindividuation
Psychology; Social psychology
Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster responsiveness to group norms, good or bad.
compliance
Psychology; Social psychology
Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing.
Social neuroscience
Psychology; Social psychology
An interdisciplinary field that explores the neural bases of social and emotional processes and behaviors, and how these processes and behaviors affect our brain and biology.
Social neuroscience
Psychology; Social psychology
An interdisciplinary field that explores the neural bases of social and emotional processes and behaviors, and how these processes and behaviors affect our brain and biology.